mfi and Dell PERC 6/i

[Danilo Baio]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Scott Long <scottl at samsco.org> wrote:

> On Aug 24, 2010, at 8:57 PM, Danilo Baio wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I have a DELL PERC 6/i controller and I can't find the problem.
> > The system was running and lost disk access with this messages on
> console:
> > "mfi0: COMMAND 0xffffff80005d1770 TIMEOUT AFTER 6178 SECONDS"
> > ...
> > http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/2300/errorr6102.png
> >
> >
> > I can't log in, after a reboot, nothing on the logs.
> >
> > only shows this on boot:
> >
> > Aug 24 23:04:58 bazinga kernel: mfi0: 2806 (335999491s/0x0020/DEAD) -
> Fatal
> > firmware error: Line 156 in ../../raid/1078int.c
>
> The firmware on the controller crashed.  The best I can suggest is to look
> for newer firmware (mfiutil can flash firmware) and to call LSI or Dell
> tech-support and report the problem.  In the past, there have been bugs with
> patrol reads causing crashes under heavy load, so you might also look at
> disabling that option.
>
> Scott
>
>

Intersting, patrol read is automatic and before crash show on the logs that
patrol read has started.

I disabled this feature, rebooted the server and didn't show that firmware
error...

I will test for some days.

Thank you Scott.


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